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Monday, December 05, 2005

LESSON OF THE DAY 400

Ayah of the Day:But if you wonder, what is amazing in their saying, "When we are dust, will we be in a new creation?" They are the ones who disbelieved in their Lord, and they will have yokes on their necks, and they will be inmates of the fire, where they will remain. [13: 5]

Hadith of the Day:O' People! Spread the greetings of peace, feed (the poor and needy), behave kindly to your relatives, offer prayer when others are asleep, and (thus) enter Paradise in peace. [Tirmidhi]

Wise Quote of the Day:To be angered quickly is a sign that one is in the grip of his ego. [Abu Bakr wasti]

Guidance of the Day:Morals are a set of principles that originate in high spirituality and govern human conduct. For this reason, people who neglect spirituality, and therefore lack spiritual values, cannot sustain conduct in accordance with these principles.

Preferring the interests of others over one's own is high spirituality and liberality. Those who always do good without expecting any return will one day bow before God in wonder and admiration when, unexpectedly, they meet the accumulated results of their considerate nature and all the good they have done.

Never deceive anyone, even if they deceive you. Fidelity and uprightness are two of the highest virtues. Even if following this advice brings you loss, which it usually does, always be faithful and upright. [Pearls of Wisdom]

Food for Thought:Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you should.